Chapter 6: Find

How horrible it is to wander with guilt all your life.

And in a feeling that will never be resolved.

Even though you have traveled countless stars and paid countless sins, the feeling never eased.

The eyes of the repentant saint, Elasia Celestia, were always looking at something else.

‘Hey!! I don’t know who you are, but don’t die in vain on a street like this!!’

The most brilliant memory in the world of meeting him, and

‘My beloved child, are you afraid of the guilt that is coming?’

The endless days of atonement that began after that day when she began her ‘repentance’ in a terrible way while wandering the world…

‘Don’t worry, my child. All of this is my arrangement, so just accept it.

My child, you will be the first to follow my will, the most faithful warrior and judge,

and this is nothing more than a process of cutting off ties with the world and entering heaven.’

She always remembered.

The image of my childhood friend who I grew up with, my only light in a world devoid of light,

the image of the only man I ever loved in my long life.

Cooling down in my arms.

The image of my heart that used to beat so hard losing its power and slowly stopping,

the image of my strong body rotting away until not even bones remained.

‘However, if the delusion is too much to bear…

Uphold my will, and in my name condemn the sinners,

the heretics who do not believe in me, to death and make them repent.

My child, this is the only mission and feat that can wash away the thorn of sin that is embedded in your heart.’

And the words of the one who was called God burrowed into my empty heart.

The image of God, engulfed in light, is unforgettable.

The path she took was nothing more than the actions to wash away her sins according to those words.

The hole that was already there grew bigger without being filled,

and the spirit that was already cracked did not heal over time, but rather sank into pieces.

In this way, the saintess became a madwoman.

She became a silent saint who dyed the world in silence, tranquility, fear, and corpses.

‘I just…

Her feet lost their place, and her eyes, unfocused, looked only at the past.

That’s why the great power she possessed was not restrained and became nothing but a disaster.

‘I just wanted to stand by your side….’

“Ah.”

Kwarrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

The powerful flames of a monster that resembled a dragon instantly engulfed her.

It was the symbol of North Korea’s destruction in name and reality,

and the owner and ruler of the current northern reconstruction zone,

who absorbed and evolved the power of nuclear weapons that could not be wounded even by modern firearms,

and so was mobilized as a last resort.

A dragon, Elder Drake Padraq Padres.

A possessor of transcendent strength that could destroy a country.

She was hit squarely by the breath that such a being exhaled.

And that too, defenselessly.

There was no way she would be okay.

Her body, which had been displaying monstrous strength, could not react like it had in the past,

when it had been possessed by something and reacted like a machine to kill.

That was why it was blackened and melted.

It was only natural.

With a single blow, it melted the entire mountain behind her,

and even the forest behind it was burned, turning it into a living hell.

It might be more surprising that she was able to maintain her form after being hit by it.

However, Drake, who had displayed such enormous strength, was now sweating and growling.

[You…what the hell are you…!!!]

The moment Padrik shouted that, her burned body twisted grotesquely.

Crack…!

“Ahh…”

And just like that, it began to regenerate.

It was a chaotic, messy regeneration.

Her hair color had changed, her clothes had not returned to their original state and were like rags,

her back had sprouted wings, her head had beast ears,

and her halo had become cloudy and was oozing black liquid.

However, appearances weren’t important.

Her strength wasn’t something that became stronger or weaker just because her appearance was good.

However, her current condition didn’t look normal at all.

She wasn’t normal to begin with, but she looked even more so now.

“Repent…? Should I, uh…?”

Ugh! That’s it!

Her neck creaked strangely, and her steps were incredibly unsteady.

“S, uh… should I… repent??”

Her eyes, which had lost focus and were unable to tell what they were looking at,

were now moving crazily as if they were broken.

Was it because she had been hit by a powerful attack?

No, that wasn’t the case.

If that had been the case, then the lizard in front of her right now wouldn’t have been terrified, right?

[Ugh…]

Hwaak!

Elder Drake, Padrik, instead of choosing to face the grotesqueness and the strength he felt,

chose to simply evade by spreading his wings as large as the drake’s large body and flying,

when CRACK!

[UGH?!]

The skewers that had risen up in a disorderly manner mercilessly pierced one of his legs in an instant.

[UGH…THIS…!!]

KLAAAH!!!

He spat out flames and shook off the skewers, but there was no way he could successfully escape.

CRACK!!!!!

[?!?!]

The giant skewers that had risen up hundreds of meters in an instant had trampled on his wings.

The membrane that had been torn so vainly and smoothly that it was hard to believe it was the flesh of a mighty being with the blood of a dragon could no longer allow the dragon to fly.

And, as if they had absolutely no intention of allowing escape, they aimed not only at the membrane but also at the joints of the wings, gradually narrowing the dragon’s escape route.

KHUU…

Within moments, the moment the dragon’s massive body hit the ground, countless skewers flew towards the drake’s body.

[Kuaaaaak!!!!!]

However, the drake was no pushover either.

[I have finally reached the dragon…!! Do you think I will die so meaninglessly…!!!!]

A gigantic body comparable to a small mountain,

and the immense durability and strength that supported that body.

On top of that, the overwhelming magical power from the dragon’s blood,

and the powerful flames that could rival the fires of hell.

He resisted using everything he had.

[I am…!! Padraic Padris…!!! A body that will become a fire dragon…!!!!]

For a being with that much power, even moving would be a disaster.

Boom!

Kwaaang!!!

Hwarurur…!!!

Ujijijik!!!!

Every time that gigantic body struggled, the surrounding area was swept away and destroyed.

That majesty was truly a strength that was worthy of the ruler of the huge region called the Northern Reconstruction Zone.

And at that moment when Drake was about to throw a tantrum,

“Ah…!”

In that instant, Saint Elasia’s neck suddenly turned.

She wasn’t looking at Drake.

She was looking at an approaching being, an Awakened One.

A group of Awakened Ones who were following her trail from afar,

and among them, Kim Cheol-soo, who was the team leader…!

In that instant, the eyes of the saint, which had only seemed bizarre, came into focus.

Hwaaaa …

<Saint Veronica’s Flesh>

At the same time, a flesh-colored, bloody-looking holy seahorse stretched out and wrapped itself around Drake’s giant body.

[Ah, no…! No!! Save me… Save me…!! T, like this… I can’t die like this… Kyaaaaak…!!!]

Thump!

Crunch…

Just like that, as if the giant’s struggling was nothing, the holy seahorse slowly dragged it along and pinned Drake to the ground,

[I, I will become a dragon….!!!]

<Heavenly Punishment>

Kyaaaaaaaahh…

On the day when I began to make everyone repent in order to wash away their sins,

the first thing I did was to carve into pieces the god who made me kill the man I loved,

and the six holy archangels who followed him,

and display them for eternity so that they would repent,

and from that day on, even though I thought it was impossible, I dreamed of it endlessly.

“…Zion…is here…!!”

The day I would meet my beloved Zion…!

As the saintess’s laughter deepened, at the same time as space seemed to fold,

Kim Cheol-soo’s body was dragged in front of her.

“Huh, huh…?!”

Saint Elasia Celestia began to look at his face, which still did not understand the situation, with eyes tinged with new madness.

***

Celestia in her madness right after being hit by her breath and regenerating!

Elasia who smelled the scent of her beloved and started cosplaying as a normal person!!